Ivan Argote

One way, 2011

Aluminum flagpole, fabric

Flagpole: 22' x 4" x 4"; Flag: 4' x 6'

The single arrow sewn into this oversized flag depicts a one-way sign that guides viewers in altering directions that are randomly determined by the shifting winds. While most flags are employed as symbols for singular ideas, movements or beliefs, this flag denounces dogmatism and directionalism and elevates the notion of the unbound.